Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
इति यावत्समायातास्तां नेतुं सौविदल्लकाः । तावत्तया कालरात्र्या प्रत्युक्तो दैत्यपुंगवः
iti yāvatsamāyātāstāṃ netuṃ sauvidallakāḥ | tāvattayā kālarātryā pratyukto daityapuṃgavaḥ
അവൻ ഇങ്ങനെ പറയുന്നതിനിടയിൽ, അവളെ കൊണ്ടുപോകാൻ സൗവിദല്ലക സേവകർ എത്തി. അപ്പോൾ തന്നെ കാലരാത്രി ദൈത്യശ്രേഷ്ഠനോട് മറുപടി പറഞ്ഞു.
Narrator (contextual, within Skanda-to-Agastya frame for Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame)
Scene: Attendants (Sauvidallakas) arrive to escort a woman away; at that instant Kālarātrī confronts the daitya leader, halting the momentum with a fierce reply.
FAQs
Purāṇic stories often pivot when a higher power intervenes; here the narrative turns as Kālarātrī responds, signaling a dharmic correction.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s larger Kāśī milieu.
None.